Michael "Mike" Gafford

Friday

Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Llano Cemetery with the Rev. Greg Kinch officiating. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.

Mike was born June 6, 1946, in Brownfield to Truman and Lucille Gafford. He was raised in Brownfield where he graduated from Brownfield High School in 1964 before attending South Plains College. He then enlisted in the Marine Corps where he spent 1968 to 1969 in Vietnam before his honorable discharge. Upon his return, he farmed in the Brownfield area until 1985, when he began a pest control business with his brother in Lubbock. Mike married Nancy Hayes on July 16, 1999, in Lubbock. He was a lifetime member of Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as a devoted member of Southlawn Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Bobbie Jean McLeroy; a brother, Bill Gafford.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Gafford of Amarillo; two stepsons, Freddie Shelton and wife JoDel of Lamar, Colo., and Danny Reid and wife Cathy of Lubbock; and his brother, Jimmy Gafford and wife of Lubbock.

Sign the online guest book at www.coxfuneralhomeamarillo.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, June 28, 2013

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